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We also use non-essential cookies to analyse site usage to continually improve the services we provide you with.
Full details of cookies collected, and the functionality to change your cookie preferences at any time can be accessed by clicking "Cookies Policy" in the page footer.
What are cookies and similar technologies?
A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded onto ‘terminal equipment’, a user’s device when the user accesses a website. Examples include a computer, apps on smartphones, tablets, smart TVs. It allows the website to recognise that user’s device and store some information about the user’s preferences or past actions. Functions usually performed by a cookie can be achieved by other means, a similar technology. The same rules also apply if you use any other type of technology to store or gain access to information on someone’s device, for example, using certain characteristics to identify devices so that visits to a website can be analysed.
To enable you to use Active Places Data Platform, the service puts 'cookies' on to your computer.
These cookies are used to:
Some cookies are needed to support essential elements of Active Places Data Platform and enable you to use the website as intended. For example, essential cookies enable registered users to log in and access information shared with them. They also allow you to download report results.
These cookies need to be always on:
| Cookie Name | Expires | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| cookiePopupDismissed | 6 months | Prevents the cookie preferences window from re-appearing after your preferences have been set |
| nonEssentialCookiesAccepted | 6 months | Indicates the user’s preference regarding non-essential cookies |
| _RequestVerificationToken | Session | Anti-forgery token, helps to ensure data is submitted securely |
| .AspNet.ApplicationCookie | Session | Authenticates the user as logged on |
| __LiveChat | 3 years | Used by the live chat feature |
| CASID | Session | Used by the live chat feature |
We are continually working on improving the services we provide you with. To support this work, we need to understand how users navigate through, and use our pages and services.
The following cookies, whilst not essential to the running of the website, are needed for Google Analytics to provide us with statistics on how you use our platform, so we can improve it based on user experiences. These cookies collect information about:
| Cookie Name | Expires | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 365 days | Used to distinguish users |
| _gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users |
| _gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named: _gat_<property-id> |
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